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` 1 .'l'o all whom it may concern;

13e it known that 1,: ROBERT A. (fusse-f- BRO'UGHI, of New-- York, in the county and..

vState of New York, have invented a new'and I, useful Improvement in the Means for Cre1natingGai-Imge, of which the following is a speci- 1ication. i. A Bly invention relates toan improvement in Lft-he,- 1neans for-ereina-ting garbage in which ro the garbage is taken from a boat or other r'eg cept-aclein which itis collected and subjected f;- to a eokiug actiouas itis distributed under" the iniluence 'offgravity in a hollow shaft, the cokiug-tlaine being directed upwardly x throughout the dowuwardly-moviug material 4 and eli'ectually commingled with ihonmsft.

In the :weompanying drawing I have shown a refuse-immer in side cle\'ation, .partly iu section, which embodies my iureution. 2o The :particular form of apparatus which T have shown consists of a vert ical hollow shaft 'il A, which nnly be made six feet square, more or less, lined with lim-brick, as is common in 4furnaces where great heatis to be employed, 23 and provided at; intervals throughout its height with downwardly-ineliued shelves' "or retaling-plates (l, projectingl alternately` from op'posite sides ot' the furnace and overi la i )inffone another the an'rle of inclination 3o being [orty-.Iive degrees, more or less, as may be t'olni'd cllieicnt for causing the garbage to free itself under the iniiueneeoif gravity from one shelf to another. One wall of the shaft A is conveniently provided with peep-holes or hand-holes a' through which a suitable implement, such-for example, as a rake-may be inserted for the purpose of freeing the shelves from any matter which may be unintentionally retained thereon,-or which may 4 0 accumulate thereon under the coking action of the heat. The retarding-plates may be formed of fire-briek Ou the top of th'e shaft A a. passage-way B extends over and downwardly for directing the gases and hot products of combustion which escape from the garbage-lecciving,r shat't downwardly and then horizontally along the chamber C, in which is located a pi pe-coil or worin 1) for the reception of wuter 5o from a suitable supply. The worm l) is sur` j few mounted 4by a steam-deine E,"connceted'by suitable pipes e with the worin and'provided to be utilized. From thohorizontal chamberv4 C the hot products of combustion and gases., f

escape into anuptake l", from which they are discharged into-the outside air.

At uw has@ of uw una A, I lot-aa, a impl-.:

per ci' for directing the coked garbage into suitable iecel'itacles, vwhich may be run, one

after another, under the mouth of the hopper to carry away the coked matcrial..- These receptaeles may conveniently consist of cars G,

A 1 un opening n at the bottom of the shaft'A,

arranged to run on a suitable track. through and the mout-h 'of the hopper may be provided with a gate c* for opening und closing it to discharge loads of thewoked garbage into the (fill'S. V

At intervals along the horizontal chamber C there may be formed openings e for the purpose of removing any dust or sediment that may be deposited from the products of coin-4 bustion which are carried over luto the downward fine li.

At the base ot' the uptake 1-` a scrubber of any well-known or approved form may be einployed for the purpose of collecting sulphate 'et' ammonia from the discharged gases. The

scrubber is indicated conventionally at 1I.

' At or near the base of the shaft A, I locate an oil-burnerLof any wel l-knowu or approved form, which oil-bu rner may be connected with a suitable oil-supply (not shown) undnlso with the steam-drinn E and with the outside air,

for the )u1-pose of introducing oil, steam and air, in t e proper combination, into'the base,

of the shaft A for producing the amount of heat required for'eokiug the garbage. The preliminary heating up of the shaft Amay be accomplished by mea-ns of a furnace K, 1o-

cated adjacent to the shaft A in position to discharge its flame and products of combus- -tion intot-he shaft A.

At the top of the shaft A, Iloeate a hopper L, provided with-au upper gate I and a lower gate Z', so that a charge or car-loudof garbage may be admitted into the hopper onto the lower gute by opening the upper gato, and the me' A upper gato l may then be. closed n-nd the lower a bucket, whichvlms been inthe. meantime gate l' opened to permit the load of garbage loaded, may-be attne'hedto the hoisting-rope 2o to fell into the upper portion of .the shaft. A. nudV moved tothe receiving-hopper. r

I: have here represented the shaft A as That I claim is- 5 located nem` the edge et'. n dock, and have in- A refuse-burner having asubstantally vetr i dicated a-boat M as a receptacle from which tica-l cfoking passa-ge open throughout. its. I the garbage is tobe transmitted to the sheutil length to permit the continuous downward 2 5 A. I have shown the @ubago nsbcingtraaas mitted from the boat to the shaft-.A by means ofbuckets N, which may be hoisted by a. hoist-- of gravity alone, means for retarding the said downward movement of the material .and

.movement of the material under the influence i;

n means for confining the eoking flame and directing it vupwardly throughout the down- 3o Y wardly moyjii'xg material; substantially as set ing-engine of :my well-known or approved i form (notshown heroin) upto a track 0 at ,the -top of a snlnble support P, the track being so arranged as to convey the loaded forth. v i

r 5 bucket along ton point over the receiving- 'ROB IRT A. CIIESEBROUGH. 7 hopperat the topvof the shaft A, where it may Witnessesif' L* be unloaded into thoohopper. The empty FREDK. lIAAFNES,l

\ bucket muy then be returned to the boat, and l GEoRcE BARRY. 

